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well i suggest u dont delete them i dont know the first file cause i never used XP - i refuse to do so!

i know the pagefile is to increase virtual ram on the machine its been coming with win2k also, u can lower the ammount of hd space it should use somewhere in the system panel!

anyway dont delete them.

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if pagefile.sys was the swap file, then it's ok to delete. But I really doubt it is, but I don't know exactly WHAT it is so don't delete it. However, if you come across a very large .swp (swap) file, then feel free to reboot into dos and delete it. Deleting it can actually SOLVE problems rather than hurt.

yes, pagefile.sys is the paging file. you cant delete it even if you tried, and its .sys so that should tell you that its prolly important. what the paging files is, is it acts like extra ram on your hard disk. so if you have 512 MB RDRAM, and have a 1 GB paging file, you can technicaly say that you have 1.5 GB of RAM. go to the task manager, performance, notice how your total available memory is more than just your physical RAM? it automaticaly adds the size of your paging file.

like i said, you cant delete the paging file, but you can change its size, altho making it too small is not recommended. right click on my computer >> properties >> advanced >> performance options >> and there you can change the locations and min/max sizes of the paging file.

I reduced my pagefil.sys files from 576mB (WTF!!!) to 100Megs with another 100Megs margin (can grow to 200).I am quite sur I reduced it before though...I KNOW i didn't set it to 500 megs...Ne way, about *randomnly* scanning my HDD inlook of file extensions is in my opinion NOT a solution....How do you know these files ARENT't needed on win9X Snake. FYI i somthimes back up **** my putting a .bak extension and so do many programs...

Gizmo, I currently use the function that comes with PGP 7.0.3 to wipe free space...have u tried it? IS your one more efficient, I've trusted PGP up to now, what do u reckon...

I don't like PGP, I mean an encryption company who sells out to feds kinda deminishes the point...

Their manufacturer is no longer supporting or having anything to do with PGP so your best bet is to find something new.

I've used Bestcrypt for years, it works perfectly, its one of the better programs that I've found to wipe a disk. And there is no way to mess up, well unless you chose deletge with wiping as opposed to wipe free space :x...

So what about cryption tough...I mean like files and the keyring idea, That's still "trustable" isn't it? BTW now that I think of it, can't be bothered to check...is PGP open source? I mean not the prog (obviously) but the encryption algorithms....If not...there could be somekind of backdoor couldn't there?

ow yeah, I forgot to ask, about hiberfil.sys , if it's used for hibernate and say I dont use it, or wanna delete until I use it.IS that possible? I tried but it tells me it's in use, s I tried tracking down what prog opens it but all I can trace back to is "system" so....n e 1 know wut prog opens it so I can maybe temporarily shut down and delete file then lauch again...phew :rolleyes:

PGP has complied with the federal goverment for years, If you were around in 98 you'd have heard about it on news sites and thier site when they had the disclaimer "We will comply with the federal government in any way". Becides, we all know how fast a 2ghz farm of 5k computers could crack a 200 letter password lol

lol they an crack a 128bit key in the matter of a few hours. I have a few friends who were atone time employeed by the NSA FBI CIA WhiteHouse, etc. I even have some who are currently working there heh. Trust me, from what I've heard and seen it can be done quickly. All encryption should be concidered personal encryption since if the gov wants in it enough theil crack it themselves.

Okay, I am not sure about .bak, or .tmp since these files can be used for important things some times but .chk can be deleted, and no you dont have to look through your entire hardrve for files with those extensions....you could do a del *.chk but that would be limited to the directory you are inhow bout we use that little util called findsearch for *.chk and then select all and delete.

In addition make sure to clear out cookies and internet files everyonce in a while. Have you tried the diskcleanup util taht comes with XP? that cn usaually get you some space....and if you are reallly desperate for space i would think about moveing documents and other files that dont get much use to floppy or CDR backup...

ok so best crypt should be the way to head. BUT what about the key process (RSA/diffie) i know that's independent. CAn that process be found somewhere else, I mean the public private key thing was really practical.

Ow and about the HDD space, the temp folder that corresponds to the account is use (under "document and settings") so that would bec:\documents and settings\username\local settings\temp is f**king massive !! Like > 300megs how can I get it cleared auto, or put a limit to it.

And know that I think of it, anyone know where the environmment variables are stored such as where to look for temp, user settings "my document", start menu /etc That would allow me to make window point to another HDD (more space to breath).(looked in the registry but nothing found :-(

Umm we ran a test, it CAN be recovered, but its not likely... BUT if you run a DoD wipe once a week or so for your freespace, concider that somethign you deleted a week ago will have been wiped 4x on a 8 pass DoD extended charecter rotation wipe, so thats 32x with extended character rotations a month, multiply that yearly and well you don't have to worry about **** lol... I don't think their goinna give the resources to search for deleted **** thats been wiped 384 times lol..